Baling-press.



UNITED sfrArEs PATENT (OFFICE ANDnEw WICKEY, or EAST CHICAGO, INDIANA.

'BALING-rnnss.

f provid'ewire passing mechanismv of novel lso f form no part of thisinvention, and showingand improved construction.

Another object 1s to provide bale tie wire' passing mechanism,

capable of operating in conjunction with a continuously ing. plunger;,and timed so as to begin the operation of passing the 'wirethrough thepress just prior to thetime that the plunger comes 'tothe-end of certainof its compression strokes, and completing the operation vof passing the-wi-re ator Aabout the time that the plunger starts back from suchcompression stroke. I

Other objects and advantages will appear .inthe course of thisspecification, and with all of said objects and advantages in View, thisinvention'consists in the several novel features of construction,arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter' set forth andparticularly defined in the claims.

'The invention is clearly illustrated inthe drawing furnished herewith,in whiehf Figure 1 is aside elevation of `a fragment of a press,stripped of mechanical parts that Iwire passing mechanism ap- Fig.2-is aview thereof, ,part-ly my 'improved plied thereto,

in plan and partly in horizontal section, the

" lined-t ofFig. 1.

- a 'press similar to that section being t-'aken on the line 2--2 inFig. 1, Fig. 3 is a detail, vertical cross section taken on the line 3-3of Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 is a detail, vertical-cross Vsection taken on the`Referring to said drawing,` which shows onee'mbodiment of the invention, 10, repre-l sen'ts the'body of a hay baling. press. I haveillustrated the invention in connection with shown and described inmyprior Patent, No. 977 ,913, .dated December-'6, A1910, improvements inbalingV obvious that the invention to other suitable 'forms of presses,but it is maybe applied baling presses;

Specification of Letters Patent. Appiieauon med December 29,1911.`serial No. 668,545.-

reciprocat-'I 4transverse slots leading back in a bracket 20, l thepress. The wire passers are thus guided The specification and draw-,thereon a Patented May 7 191 2.

ings of said patent fully describea complete' press, consequently ofthepress is necessary so fication isV concerned.- As in`the presslde'-scribed in my former patent, above referred to, a longitudinallyreciprocable plunger 11, is slidably mounted in the body of said pressfor compressing the hay into bales, said plunger being reeiprocated bypower transmitting connections, here shown in the Aform yof a pitman 12,running from the no further description far as this speci-` plunger 11,to a pair of gear wheels 13, lo-

`cated at the front end of the press and vdriven continuously in onedirection by suit- .able gearing.

In the form of wire' passing mechanism chosenl to illustrate theapplication of the invention, I employ a plurality of wire passers 15,in the form of bars that extend Aat an oblique an'gle with respect tothe path `of travel of the plunger,

yas seen' in Fig. 2. The number of wire passers employed, correspondwith 'the number of bale tie wires that it is desired to use on eachbale. The

wire passers move through slots 10a, in the side wall of the press whichwall may be reinforced along the slots by U shaped angle irons 1 6. Theplunger'is formed with from its vend face, and in alinement. `with thewire pass ers. 4The working. ends of the wire passers have wirereceiving fingers 15a, and the outer endsof said wire passers areconnected `by 4a vertical' bar 17, which has journaled Vthereupon 'aroller 18, arranged to "i'un upon a`f guide bar or rod 19, securedfastened to the side wall of to move longitudinal of themselves, and

their movement is effected at the proper inp tervals by drivingmechanism, operatively.

connected with the gearwheelsl.

The form of mechanism for'intermittently reciprocating the wire passers,as illustrated in the drawing, comprises pinions 421, seJ cured upon avertically extending shaft 22, and meshing with rack teeth 23, on passerformed on each bar and overhangs the teeth of the racks, and the pinions21, are provided atrtheir lower sides with anges 25, that underhang andpartially support the wire passer bars 15; The `shaft 22, is jour naledin brackets 26, secured to the body the wire.. bars. As shown a flange24:, is-

of .the pressA and said shaft has secured pinion '27, which meshes'witha 'stant that the forward passes the far end of the wire passers. The

` rack bar 28.

ythe segmental rack 32,

rack bar 28, guided to move longitudinally of the machine, as forinstance by means of brackets 29, 30. In the form shown, the rack bar28, has secured thereto an extension 31, that slides in the bracket 30.

' The rackbar'28, is intermittently reciprocated by a segmental rack 32,secured uponthe spindle -of one of the ge-ar wheels 13, Aand arranged toengage and rotatea pinion 33, carried upon a swinging support 34.` Thesegmental rack 32, is of such'extent as to give one complete rotation tothe pinion 33,'and its forward end is so located with respect to thepivotal point of the pitman on the gear'wheels 13, that it comes intomesh wlth the pinion 33, at the inend of the plunger movable support 34,for

the pinion 3.3, is

shown as fulcrumed at its upper end upon a bracket 35, secured to thepress body and is preferably of U-shapedv form, as shown' Fig.`4, thetwo legs'thereof straddling y e whic is rigidly secured to far end ofthe shaft 36, is shown as vided with a crank arm 37, t-he free end ofwhich is connected by a pit-man 38, to the l The proportions of theparts are'such that one complete revolution of the crank arm 37 aroundits fulcrum makes one 'complete forwardand backward movement of the rackbar 28, thereby imparting an oscillatory movement to' the pinion 27,shaft 22, and pinions 21, and consequently moving the wire passersthrough the ody of the press and back again to the position shown infull lines in the drawing. While the support 34, is in the positionshown in Fig. 1, the segmental rack 32, may ass by the pinion 33,without engag. ing t e same, but as soon as the plunger 11, is movedforward o n the -last stroke in compressing. a bale, then the pinion 33,is moved into position to be engaged by and mechanism is provided foreil'ecting this result, said mechanism being capable of receiving itsmotion mechanically, by the action of the press mechanism, or by hand asis desired. In the form shown, I provide acrank arm 40, and a link 41,pivoted together at 42, the shaft 40, ofthe crank arm 40, beingjournaled in a bracket 43, secured to the` underside of the.press, andthe link 41, 'being pivoted to t-helower end of one of the legs of thesupport 34. In inoperative position, said crank arm 4 and'l1nk"41, lieat an angle to each oth r as shown in Fig. 1, but when the pini n 33, isto be moved into operative position/for engagement with the segmentalrack, then the crank arm 40, is swung lupward in the direction of thearrow, thereby swinging 11p-the link 41, lengthening the distancebetween the far ends of the pinion. The

the crank arm and link,

lnion 33, and receiving the shaft 36,'

pro-

-safety device is also c and consequently swmgmgthe support 34, uponvits fulcrum and moving the pinion 33, 'over' into operative position. iIh ave shown the link 41, as having its free -endlbent `transversely forengagement with the crankarm 40, to limit the upward movement of thefrank armand link. The movement of the support 34, is suiiicient tobring the pinion 33, into apo'sition in which the segmental rack 32,will -run into mesh therewith, du'rin the next ,'cycle of rotation ofthe gear whee s 13. v

A simple form of mechanism for rocking the crank arm 40, is illustratedin my prior Patent No. 526,883, issuedOctober 2, 1894,- for improvementsin 'baling presses, but in the drawing furnished herewlth I havesimplified that form somewhat and as shown, it comprises a toothed wheel50, mounted upon a shaft 51, journaledin brackets-secured to theunderside of the press body, saidr toothed "wheel projecting --up intothe -chamber of the press 1n position to be engaged by a bale of hay as'it is forced through said chamber by the plunger 11. The shaft carriesan arm 52, which is arranged to strike against the end of a rodConnected'at itsother end with a crank arm 55, of the crank shaft 40. Acompression spring 56, is shown as confined between an enlargementon'the end of the rod 53, and the bracket 54, for returning the parts tothe position shown in Fig. 1, after they have been moved by the arm 52.The circumference of the toot-hed wheel is equal to thelength of thebale 'of hay, and is consequently given one complete rotationbv themovement of a bale pastl the toothed wheel. The parts are soproportioned and adjusted that the arm 52, strikes the rod 53, andthrows the pinion 33, into operative position at the time that theplunger 11, is making its last compression stroke to '.finish a bale.

, To guard against injury in case the pinion 33, is accidentally movedtoward opera.- tive position, I provide a safety device upon thesegmental rack which is arranged to prevent the gear pinion from beingfully moved into operative position whenever the segmental rack ispassing said pinion; the arranged to hold the pinion in mesh with therack at the proper time. In the form shown in the drawing, said safetydevice comprises a-segmental guide strip 45, arranged `*concentric withrespect to the axis of rotation of the segmental rack and supported fromthe rack as by brackets 46. Said segmental guide 45, is so positionedrelative to the axis of rotation, that under normal conditions the guide45,' will pass between the protruding end of the shaft 36, `and theshaft ofthe segmental rack, so that in case the pinion 33, is moved 53.,carried by a 'bracket 54, at one end and ,rguide 45.

moved into operative position after the seg-v proaches the pinion,

tion,

'in the direction to throw it into mesh with the segmental rack while.the latter passes the pinion, the guide 45, obstructs such movement byreason of the fact that the protruding end of the shaft 36,' strikesagainst the outer face of' the segmental When, however, the pinion 33,is

mental rack has completely passed by the pinion and before its forwardend appasses on the far side of the protruding shaft, thereby preventingthe accidental disconnection between the pinion and segmental rackuntil-the rack has completed the operation of rotating the pinion.

- In connection with the crank arm 37, is 'shown a dog 47, carried bythe support 34,

fa'nd arranged to prevent the crank arm 37,

and pitman 38, from swinging down after then the guide 45,'

the crank arm has made a complete revolu the dog being so arranged thatthe crank arm may pass by the same on its upward movement, but I isprevented from swinging back. l

In the operation of the device, hay is fed into the compressing chamberof the baling press as usual, and the plunger reciprocated by the power,transmitting mechanism. The bale tie wires y(from the reels) are let inthrough the slots 10a, and carried through the press to the opposite'side of the machine where they are secured to the wires coming fromreels on said opposite side.. The hay 'is it is compressed and forcedbackward b v f the plunger, moves said bale tiewires back by ipassing ae chine,

and in line with the lingers of the wire pass- 'ei's and whenthe laststroke of the plunger. is made to finish the bale, the pinion 33, ismoved into operative position, the segmental rack comes into mesh withsaid pinion, gives the same one complete rotation, thereby reciprocatingthe rack bar 29, rotating the pinion 27, the shaft 22, and pi ion 2l,thereon, in a forward and reverse direction, consequently moving` thewire passers l5, through the slots of the plunger, through the ,body ofthe press and back again, thereloop of the wire through the press to theother sidewhere said loop is lthereafter severed in two and the severedends knotted or otherwise secured to the ends of the other wireon the oposite side ofthe press. It is to lbe notice that inasmuch as tlie endface of the plunger passes the extreme end of the wire passers beforethey begin their movement across the maers forward and back takes backof the end face of the plunger, and that all of said movement takesplace during the time that the/end face of the plunger travels from aposition nea-r the end o f its compression stroke to the extreme limitof its stroke and the entire movement of the wire pass- `ger having backagain. By reason of the fact'that'the wire passers e extend Aon'ianobliqueangle with respect to the plane of .the press',it 1s possible .topass the wires to .the proper point on the opposite side of the press bymovements of said wire passers which are comparatively slow,

length of time at the end of its compression stroke, and this isparticularly desirable in presses of this type.

, I realize that various alterations and modifications of thisA deviceare possible without. departing from the spirit of my invention, and ldo not'therefore desire to limit myself to the exact form ofconstruetion shown and described.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. iIn a baling press having a reciproca'ble plunger, wire passingmechanism comprising a reciprocable wire passer extending at an obliqueangle to the path of movement of the plunger, and .wire passer actuatingmechanism arranged to actv synchronously with central compressionstrokes Aof the plunger.

2. In a baling press, a reciprocable plunger having one or moretransverse' slots leading back from its end face, one ormorereeiprceable wire passer bars extending at,

an oblique angle to the path of'movement of said plungerand arranged totravel in said oblique line, and mechanism for'reciprbcating said wirepasser bars synchronously with said plunger,;during certain of itscompression stro`kes,'said mechanism being'so timed that thertwiprocating movements of the wire passer bars, takes placent or nearthe end of such compression strokes.

3. ln a baling press, a reciprocable pluna plurality of transverse slotsleading back from its end face, a plurality of reciprocable wire passerbars extending at an oblique angle to the path of movement ofrsaidplunger and arranged to travel in said slotsmechanism operatingsynchronously with certain strokes of said plunger for reciprocatingsaid wire passer bars, said mechanism being timed to act at and near theend-.of said compression strokes.

4. ln,y a baling press, reciprocable wire passers extending at anoblique angle to the path of movement of the plunger of the press,guiding means for guiding said wire passers to move in their obliquelines,'a vertical rotary reciprocatoryy shaft journaled at the side ofthe press, pinions thereon meshing with toothed racks on the wirepassers and 'power transmitting mechanisml and withoutbringing' `theplunger to a position ,of rest for any lment ofthe plunger of the press,arvertical, v`9. In a balin press, a fuleruined, movv rotaryreciprpcatory shaft journaled at the able support, a odlly movablepinion havlwithl the 'racljr'` teeth of said wire passer bars,continuously rotating segmental rac side ofthe press, pmions thereonmeshing ing its shaft journaled in said sup ort, a 35 a sega drivenpinion on'said shaft, a reciprocable mental guide strlpcarried therebyand ar'- Vrack bar meshing with said last named pinranged to obstructthe bodil movement of ion, and means for intermittently reciprothepinion whenever the rac is in position y y eating said rack bar. forengagement with the pinion, and means 40 6. In a baling press,aplurality of recipfor moving said pimon into and out of Vrocable Wirepassers, a reciprocable elementl mesh with said rack. A operativelyconnected to said Wire passers 10. In a'baling press, a reciprocableplunand arranged to effect their reciprocation, a ger having transverseslots leading back lplnion'having a crank shaft connected to from itsend face, reciprocable wire passer 45 sald reciprocable element, acontinuously bars extending at an angle to the' path of rotatingsegmental rack, and means for movement of said plunger, a bodily movablethrowing said pinion and rackinto mesh. rotary pinion, operativeconnections between Ina baling press, reciprocatory Wire said pinion andWire passer bars, a gear passers, actuating mechanism therefor, inwheeloperatively connected to said plun- 50 clndmg a continuously rotatingsegmental ger, a segmental rack driven by said gear rack, a bodilymovable pinion, a support wheel, and havlng a hold-back device for,therefor, and means for moving said pinion the pinion, and means .forshifting said pininto and out of mesh With said rack. ion into and outof mesh With sald segmen- 8. In a baling press, reciprocable Wire talrack. y passers, a reciprocable element, and gearing In Witness whereof,I have hereunto etween said wire passers and reciprocable signed my nameat East Chicago, Lake element' for transmitting the movement of county,Indiana, this 26 day of December the one to the other, a continuouslyrotating 1911. segmental rack driven by an element of the gearing of thepress, a bodily movable pin- ANDREW WICKEY' ion, a movable supporttherefor and 1necha- Witnesses: msm for shlfting said support to bringthe MINNIE E. PETERSON,

pinion into and out of mesh with said rack. J. E. FRANCIS.

